To the editor:
This November, only the Democratic and Republican candidates will appear on the ballot for New York state governor/lieutenant governor.
The absence of third parties is the result of “reforms” pushed through by the disgraced Andrew Cuomo. The state raised the requirement for a party to remain on the ballot from 50,000 votes for governor every four years to 130,000 votes or 2% of the total votes cast in each presidential or gubernatorial election (whichever is higher) and the signatures required for independent-candidate ballot access from 15,000 to 45,000.With Cuomo gone, the main beneficiary of these changes is his […]
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